The Berlin airlift begins.
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MILITARY AVIATION
Purchase of new German heavy-lift helicopter cancelled
On 29th September 2020, the Federal Ministry of Defence informed about cancellation of the procurement procedure for the new German heavy-lift helicopter. As a result, there will be no conclusion of the purchase agreement in […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
8 December 1938 – German aircraft carrier ´Graf Zeppelin´ is launched
On 8th December 1938, the only German aircraft carrier ´Graf Zeppelin´ was launched in Kiel. After the Nazis came to power in Germany, expansion of the Kriegsmarine (the German Navy) became one of the priorities […]
AVIATION HISTORY
Visionary engineer and aviation pioneer – the world of Hugo Junkers by Technikmuseum „Hugo Junkers“ Dessau
In 1892, Hugo Junkers, a young German engineer, founded his first company, simply named Hugo Junkers, Civil-Ingenieur (Hugo Junkers, Civil Engineer). Within two decades, Junkers had transformed his small workshop into a technological empire and […]